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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2265 ..

MR MOORE (continuing):

started. That is what Mr Boucher, the other members of the board and the chair of the board, Mr Peter McPhillips, are working on, along with the management of the hospital.

I would like to say in conclusion, Mr Speaker, that I have never used phrases like "those militant, greedy elements within the AMA", as Mr Berry did on 24 November 1993, so do not talk to me about attacking people.

Mr Corbell: It is true.

MR MOORE: Mr Corbell now says that is true. And on ABC radio on 22 November Mr Berry said, "they are only interested in lining their pockets; they don't care about the discomfort of patients. I mean, we are dealing with a different breed of people here." There were many of those statements. Mr Speaker, when Mr Berry says to me that I have taken some unprincipled stands with regard to Dr Jeans, that is simply not the case. I presented the evidence of his colleagues and then I drew the conclusion, which I still stand by, that the evidence that his colleagues presented and the report that they did showed that the allegations that he made were patently false. The debate has concluded.

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation under standing order 46.

MR SPEAKER: Proceed.

MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, the minister just claimed that I indicated that I agreed with him when he said that he had never made such comments. My comment, "It is true," referred to my agreeing to the quote of Mr Berry that he read out.

Mr Moore: I withdraw any imputation, Mr Speaker.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Schedule 1-Appropriations

Proposed expenditure-Part 5-Treasury and Infrastructure.

Debate resumed.

MR SPEAKER: Standing order 180 sets out the order in which this bill will be considered, that is, in the detail stage any schedule expressing the services for which the appropriation is to be made must be considered before the clauses and, unless the Assembly otherwise orders, the schedules will be considered by proposed expenditure in the order shown. I remind members that we have previously agreed to consider schedule 1 by part, appropriation unit and departmental totals, then the clauses, prior to schedule 2 and the title. We are dealing with part 5-Treasury and Infrastructure.

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